List of places named after people
Around the world there are a number of countries and many administrative divisions named after famous people. For a general etymological listing of place names see Placename etymology.
Continents
Countries
- Bermuda - Juan de Bermudez (crown colony)
- Bolivia - Simón Bolívar
- Cambodia - Cambu Svayambhuva
- Colombia - Christopher Columbus
- El Salvador - Jesus Christ, "The Saviour"
- Israel - Jacob
- Kiribati - Thomas Gilbert
- Liechtenstein - John Adam of Liechtenstein
- Marshall Islands - John Marshall
- Mauritius - Maurice of Nassau
- Philippines - Philip II of Spain
- Saint Kitts and Nevis - Saint Christopher
- Saint Lucia - Lucy of Syracuse (?)
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines - Saint Vincent
- San Marino - Marinus the Dalmatian
- São Tomé and Príncipe - Thomas
- Saudi Arabia - Muhammad bin Saud
- Seychelles - Jean Moreau de Sechelles
- Solomon Islands - Solomon
Former Countries
- Northern Rhodesia (Now Zambia) - Cecil Rhodes
- Southern Rhodesia (Now Zimbabwe) - Cecil Rhodes
- Rome - Romulus
Administrative divisions
- Alberta - Princess Louise Caroline Alberta, fourth daughter of Queen Victoria
- British Columbia - Christopher Columbus
- Prince Edward Island - King Edward VII of the United Kingdom, named during his mother's reign while he was still Prince of Wales
- Lorraine - Lothar
- Saint-Pierre and Miquelon - St. Peter
- Wallis and Futuna - Samuel Wallis, 18th century navigator
- Guerrero - Vicente Guerrero
- Hidalgo - Miguel Hidalgo
- Morelos - José María Morelos
- Quintana Roo - Andrés Quintana Roo
- Veracruz-Llave - Ignacio de la Llave
- Cook Islands - Captain James Cook
- Bessarabia - from Basarab I
- Anglesey - Ongull, a Scandinavian landowner
- Angus - King Angus of the Picts
- Bedfordshire - Bieda, a Saxon landowner ("Bieda's ford" + shire)
- Brecknockshire - Prince Brychan
- Buckinghamshire - Bucca, a Saxon landowner ("Bucca's home" + shire)
- Cardigan - Ceredig, son of Cunedda
- Fife - Fib of the Picts, one of the seven sons of Cruithe
- Gibraltar - Tarik-ibn-Ziyad (from Arabic djebl al-Tarik or "mountain of Tarik")
- Glamorgan - Prince Morgan the Old of Gwent
- Gwynedd - Cunedda
- Hampshire - Hamo, a 6th century Saxon settler and landowner
- Kirkcudbright - Saint Cuthbert ("church of Cuthbert")
- Lothian - Leudonus
- Merionethshire - Meirion, son of Cunedda
- Nottinghamshire - Snot, a Saxon landowner ("Snot's home" + shire)
- Roxburghshire - Hroc, an ancient landowner ("Hroc's fortress" + shire)
- Rutland - Rota, a Saxon landowner ("Rota's land")
- Delaware - Thomas West, Lord de la Warr
- Georgia - King George I of England
- Louisiana - King Louis XIV of France
- Maryland - Henrietta Maria de Bourbon, wife of Charles I
- North Carolina and South Carolina - King Charles I of England
- Pennsylvania - William Penn
- Virginia and West Virginia - Queen Elizabeth I of England, the "Virgin Queen"
- Washington and Washington D.C.- George Washington